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Capitol Hill dysfunction threatens key defense initiatives
Congress' dysfunction is taking its toll on national security as a government shutdown looms and hundreds of officers can't take their posts.
Lawmakers champion China deterrence fund, but not Biden’s version
Fifteen House lawmakers are calling on appropriators to fully fund a $4.7 billion request for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative amid criticism President Joe Biden’s new defense budget submission has missed the mark.
By Joe Gould
Pentagon budget will shake up ‘legacy’ systems. Lawmakers are shaking back.
Top Pentagon officials are asking Congress to let them use the upcoming budget to shed unneeded weapons in order to invest in forward-looking technologies now. It wasn't an easy conversation.
By Joe Gould
A civilian cybersecurity reserve corps is needed for the Pentagon and DHS, lawmakers from both parties say
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to create a civilian reserve corps of cybersecurity experts to help defend national security interests.
How Republicans might accept a smaller defense budget
Republican Rep. Ken Calvert is willing to meet Democratic lawmakers partway in their reported plans to trim the defense budget: cut back on civilian employees, not equipment and modernization.
By Joe Gould
Top House Republican appropriator tests positive for COVID-19
The House’s top Republican appropriator, Rep. Kay Granger, has tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in Washington to begin the new session of Congress.
By Joe Gould
The Pentagon wants a $10B defense industry cash injection. Is Congress listening?
Pentagon leaders need “around $10 billion” in the next pandemic aid package to cover defense contractors’ coronavirus-related costs. But it’s unclear how the hefty funding handout will square with Republican skepticism of new deficit spending.
By Joe Gould
Pentagon finally gets its 2020 budget from Congress
Trump expected to sign FY20 defense spending.
By Joe Gould
Navy crushes Army to snap three-game skid against rival
Army was no match for a Midshipmen team that entered the game ranked No. 23 in the AP Top 25.
By Jon Simkins
Countdown to Army-Navy 2019: Black Knights want 4th straight over red-hot Mids
The service academies will meet for the 120th time on Saturday.
By Jon Simkins
These Air Corps pilots’ actions at Pearl Harbor made them among the first heroes of World War II
Two heroic American aviators led a spirited defense against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
By Michael E. Haskew